Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom (Timewalking) Dungeon Strategy Guide

Elder NadoxPrince TaldaramJedoga ShadowseekerHerald VolazjAmanitar (Optional)안카헤트: 고대 왕국 (Heroic) is a level 80 dungeon found in Azjol-Nerub in Dragonblight in Northrend. While players of level 80+ can access the dungeon in its original form at any time, this dungeon is one of the five Wrath of the Lich King instances available during Timewalking holidays in Patch 6.2. This guide will describe how to complete the dungeon in its Timewalking form.

The entrance is located in western Dragonblight, and you can also queue up via the Adventure Journal panel.

Loot and Rewards

This instance can be soloed by high-level players outside of Timewalking weekends. However, there are several reasons to queue up for this instance as part of the Timewalking holiday:

The gear earned from Timewalking bosses is ilvl 660-675, which is better than gear from Heroic Dungeons, Highmaul Normal, and Highmaul LFR.

If you did not run this instance back in the day, Timewalking is a great opportunity to learn more about the instance with friends. Players above level 81 can queue together for this Timewalking instance, so this is a fun way to play with friends that are not max level.

All bosses drop 5 시간왜곡의 훈장 (end bosses 10 시간왜곡의 훈장), and this currency is used to purchase mounts, toys, badge gear, and more. See the full list in our Timewalking Guide.

For completing the instance and killing every boss, you can earn 0 시간왜곡의 훈장.

안카하르 거미줄 그물거미s will cast 그물 잡아채기 on a random player, dealing moderate damage and pulling that player towards the Web Winder

Web Winders also cast 헝클어진 그물, which, if not interrupted, will root players within 25 yards of the Web Winder for 8 seconds

깊은굴거미s debuff the party with 끈적이는 독, dealing a small amount of party-wide AoE damage

안카하르 무리거미s are small, trivial spider packs that can be quickly AoEd down

Due to the patrols, tanks should pull the current pack of enemies back using the hallways and stairways as line of sight obstacles. It is very easy to wipe if players aggro a patrol without realising it, and allow an Ahn'kahar Spell Flinger to cast freely.

Spell Flingers should be the top priority in any pack, and players should use their interrupts to prevent 어둠 작렬 casts.

Elder Nadox Tips & Strategy

The 장로 나독스 encounter requires players to quickly switch targets to kill a priority enemy, and to occasionally deal light AoE damage to deal with small packs of adds.

Elder Nadox focuses all of his damage on the tank, afflicting the tank with 혈족 역병, a Disease with a moderate DoT effect.

When Nadox reaches 50% health, he will begin to summon additional spiders and Nerubians to join the battle. These enemies emerge from the wriggling spider eggs around the sides of the room.

One 안카하르 수호자 will also spawn, protecting all other enemies (including Elder Nadox) with 수호자 오라, preventing all damage dealt to these targets

The Guardian will also debuff its target with 맹독, which stacks, becoming more dangerous the longer the Guardian lives

Guardians must be killed quickly, so that players can kill off the Swarmers and defeat the boss

Although only one Guardian will spawn, Swarmers will continue to spawn for the remainder of the encounter. Elder Nadox will periodically buff one of the Swarmers with 무리의 분노, increasing its health pool and the damage it deals. If the Swarmers are attacking the tank, this is not a concern, and players can kill it with incidental cleave while focusing the brunt of their attacks on Elder Nadox.

Guardian Aura prevents all but the Ahn'kahar Guardian from taking damageTank's Responsibilities:

Pull Elder Nadox into a central position so that it is easier to see the Ahn'kahar Guardians when they spawn

Taunt the Ahn'kahar Guardians to prevent them from attacking players, and focus on dealing as much damage to the Guardian as possible

Once the Guardian is dead, use any AoE abilities you have to help clean up the Ahn'kahar Swarmers

If you have Swarmers attacking you while being buffed by 수호자 오라, use a survivability cooldown

Healer's Responsibilities:

Tank healing will be heavy throughout most of the fight

If you can remove Poison or Disease debuffs, dispel the 맹독 or 혈족 역병 effects from the tank

While protected by 수호자 오라, Ahn'kahar Swarmers are likely to attack you since players are unable to damage them to build threat

Use a survivability CD and heal yourself while under attack

Outside of 수호자 오라, other DPS may draw aggro on the Ahn'kahar Swarmers and need healing for a few moments before the Swarmers die

Prince Taldaram

Ancient Nerubian DevicesIn order to access Prince Taldaram, players must disable the magical defenses he has constructed, by destroying the two Ancient Nerubian Devices that power it. These devices are located on floating platforms that players can access via ramps made of spiderweb, and are guarded by small packs of trash.

Notable Trash Mobs:

Three large groups of 약탈자 외눈깨비s patrol the area between Eldor Nadox and Prince Taldaram. While the Geists are not threatening alone, their 생명력 약탈 ability can be fatal to the tank if the Geists are pulled alongside other trash packs, or if a non-tank player unwittingly aggros a Geist patrol.

Amongst the patrols of Plundering Geists, players will also encounter the following enemies:

해골분쇄자s will 밟아 뭉개기 nearby players, dealing moderate damage, and will 격노 at low health; an enraged 밟아 뭉개기 can be very dangerous

Frostbringers may also buff themselves with 얼음 바람, decreasing their cast speed but increasing the damage dealt by their Frost spells

탈다람의 눈 adds will use 암흑 충격 against their current target, and will debuff casters with 어둠 속의 눈

Any spell cast while a player is debuffed by 어둠 속의 눈 will be interrupted by 어둠의 마법 차단, dealing heavy damage to the player and locking them out of that spell school for 8 seconds

어둠 속의 눈 is a magic debuff and does not penalize instant casts, so healers can dispel the debuff from themselves

When the Eye of Taldaram dies, it releases 어둠의 격노, knocking nearby players back and inflicting heavy damage

Line of sight can prevent the Eye of Taldaram from debuffing players with 어둠 속의 눈. There are several pillars and ramps that can be used to LOS the Eye of Taldaram adds. However, this is not necessary if healers simply dispel the 어둠 속의 눈 debuff from themselves.

DPS players affected by 어둠 속의 눈 should use instant casts or trigger the ability with a spell school that is not utilized in the DPS rotation.

Prince Taldaram Tips & Strategy

Embrace of the Vampyr must be broken with damageThe 공작 탈다람 encounter is a fairly simple single-target encounter, but players will want to save DPS cooldowns for specific points in the fight.

At 66%, 50%, and 25% health, Prince Taldaram will 소멸 for a few seconds

Taldaram selects a random player for 흡혈의 은총, stunning and draining that player's health until the party deals 40,000 damage to Taldaram, or for 20 seconds

Each Flame Sphere can cast up to two 불타는 광선s on nearby players, dealing heavy damage while those players are within range

A player affected by multiple 불타는 광선 effects for more than a few seconds is likely to die

Players should run away from Flame Spheres once the Spheres have chosen a direction for their path

Finally, Prince Taldaram will occasionally buff himself with 피의 갈증, causing the next three successful melee attacks to heal him for 1% of his health. This healing is largely inconsequential, but 피의 갈증 also deals moderate damage to the tank.

Flame Spheres shoot deadly Sear BeamsTank's Responsibilities:

Use an avoidance or absorption ability when Taldaram is buffed by 피의 갈증 to attempt to prevent him from healing

Deal as much damage as possible to Taldaram during 흡혈의 은총, if you are not affected

Run away from the Flame Spheres' path

Damage-Dealers' Responsibilities:

Run away from the Flame Spheres' path

Save DPS cooldowns for 흡혈의 은총 to help break allies out of the stun effect quickly

Any player who does not move quickly out of the Flame Spheres' path will take heavy damage

You cannot heal the target of 흡혈의 은총, so instead top off other players or damage the boss

Run away from the Flame Spheres' path

Jedoga Shadowseeker

Notable Trash Mobs:

The trash between Prince Taldaram and Jedoga Shadowseeker is the most difficult trash in the instance, and groups are very likely to wipe if multiple packs are pulled. Players should be very cautious when choosing their path through this area of the dungeon; classes with pets are particularly likely to accidentally engage extra enemies since one of the prevailing paths through the dungeon includes jumping down from the initial platform rather than taking the stairs.

Move out of Flamestrike quicklyIn this area, players will encounter the following enemies:

속박된 물의 정령s create a 물기둥 under a random player, knocking all nearby players into the air and dealing moderate damage, and will also shoot 물화살 at random enemies

DPS priority in these packs should be roughly the order listed above; because they heal and buff their allies, Apostles are the most dangerous, followed by Darkcasters who can debuff your healer with 언어의 저주 and put out a lot of damage. Worshippers' 불기둥 is extremely deadly, but it can be interrupted.

Jedoga Shadowseeker Tips & Strategy

The 어둠추적자 제도가 encounter will begin when players have cleared all of the 황혼의 수습생s on her platform. Once she has been engaged, a large number of 황혼의 지원병s rush to the platform and position themselves around the room. Additionally, packs of elite enemies will appear on the staircases, prevent players from fleeing the area to drop combat.

Kill the highlighted Volunteer to end the AscendanceJedoga has three abilities that she will use throughout the fight:

회오리 일격 deals heavy damage to players in melee range and will knock them back

천둥충격 creates a lightning cloud on the ground, which deals heavy damage to players standing in it

번개 화살 deals a small amount of Nature damage to a randomly-chosen target

When Jedoga reaches 50% health, she will begin a Twilight Ascendance ritual. Jedoga runs to the center of the platform and rises into the air, becoming unattackable, and calls upon a Twilight Volunteer to sacrifice himself.

A bolt of lightning will identify the chosen Volunteer

The Twilight Volunteer will begin walking toward the purple circle beneath the boss, and cannot be slowed or stunned

If the Volunteer reaches the center of the circle, he will sacrifice himself, granting Jedoga the 전령의 선물 buff

Players must kill the Volunteer before it reaches the center of the circle to prevent the sacrifice

Once the Volunteer is dead - either through sacrificing himself or at the hands of players - Jedoga will drop back down into the fight and can be engaged again. Note that she will immediately cast 천둥충격, followed by 회오리 일격; players should spread out to avoid taking unnecessary damage.

Herald Volazj

Notable Trash Mobs:

Three 잊혀진 자s patrol the chamber occupied by Herald Volazj. These enemies will inflict moderate Shadow damage to nearby players with 암흑 회오리, and will target a random ranged player with 어둠 붕괴. Players should move away from the purple swirling effect on the ground to avoid taking very heavy damage from 어둠 붕괴.

Herald Volazj Tips & Strategy

The 사자 볼라즈 encounter has two phases, the normal phase where players engage Volazj directly, and the 정신 이상 phase where players must defeat their own hallucinations.

Dispel 오한 if your dispel ability can remove Curse effects; otherwise, keep an eye on 오한 targets as they may take damage spikes

During 정신 이상, use survivability cooldowns and CC to survive if you cannot kill the hostile clones yourself

Following 정신 이상, the party is likely to be on low health; use a cooldown to heal back up before the next 연발 어둠의 화살

Amanitar (Optional)

Amanitar is an optional boss and players are not required to defeat it in order to complete the Timewalking dungeon or the Ahn'kahet achievement. Amanitar can be reached by turning left after taking the tunnel from Prince Taldaram's room and descending into the Shimmering Bog.

Notable Trash Mobs:

야만의 동굴 야수s will leave a 독구름 on the ground beneath their feet, which deals moderate damage every second to players standing in it. Tanks should move the Cave Beasts away from the 독구름s.

Amanitar Tips & Strategy

Poisonous Mushrooms are green; Healthy Mushrooms, brownThe 아마니타르 encounter requires players to deal focused single-target damage to the boss in order to avoid bursting harmful mushrooms that spawn around the room, and to counteract the effects of debuffs by killing helpful mushrooms.

Amanitar will occasionally spawn dozens of targetable, killable mushrooms throughout the encounter area

Players should kill Healthy Mushrooms judiciously, as these mushrooms are the only way to remove 축소

Note that players must be within 3 yards of the Healthy Mushroom when it dies in order to clear their 축소 debuff or to receive the 마력이 담긴 곰팡이 buff. Ranged DPS must be aware of this, and run to a Healthy Mushroom before killing it in order to clear their 축소 debuff.

Note also that 마력이 담긴 곰팡이 frequently fades when a player takes damage from Amanitar, probably meant to discourage the tank from keeping the 마력이 담긴 곰팡이 buff up at all times.

Amanitar will attack the tank with 강타, dealing heavy damage, and will frequently deal party-wide damage with 연발 맹독 화살.

Additionally, he will periodically debuff random players with 휘감는 뿌리, rooting them in place for up to 10 seconds or until dispelled. Abilities which remove movement-impairing effects or that dispel magical effects can remove 휘감는 뿌리.

Tank's Responsibilities:

Amanitar frequently resets his threat table, so taunt the boss each time this occurs

If afflicted by 축소, run to a Healthy Mushroom and kill it to remove the debuff

Take care not to destroy too many Healthy Mushrooms, and avoid killing any Poisonous Mushrooms

Damage-Dealers' Responsibilities:

Carefully kill Healthy Mushrooms to remove 축소 and to gain 마력이 담긴 곰팡이 to help kill the boss

Do not use AoE abilities, to avoid killing too many mushrooms unnecessarily

When Amanitar wipes threat, use a survivability cooldown if he targets you

Healer's Responsibilities:

Party damage is light if players are not killing Poisonous Mushrooms, so AoE healing will be needed rarely

The tank will take heavy damage throughout the fight, and when Amanitar wipes threat, another player may take very heavy, but hopefully brief, melee damage

If affected by 축소, run to a Healthy Mushroom and kill it to remove the debuff

About the Author:

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